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Gladiator (MCM 11)

Call sign:
November - Golf - Lima - Alpha

Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship: Laid down, 7 May 1990 at Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Launched, 29 June 1991; Commissioned 18 September 1993; Active, In commission, Mine Countermeasures Squadron Two, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Homeport, Mine Warfare Center, Ingleside, TX. Transferred 1 October 2000 to the Naval Reserve Force, Ingleside.

Specifications: Displacement 1,253 t.(lt) , 1,367 t(fl); Length 224'; Beam 39'; Draft 15'; Speed 13.5k; Complement; 7 officers, 75 enlisted, Armament, two M2HB .50 cal. Machine Guns, two M60 7.62 mm Machine Guns, two MK19 Grenade Launchers; Propulsion four Isotta Fraschini diesel engines (600 BHP each), two controllable reversible pitch propellers, two rudders, two electric light load propulsion motors; Auxiliary Systems, three Isotta Fraschini ship service diesel generator sets, one solar gas turbine generator, one omnithruster bow thruster system; Electronic systems; one AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), one AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, one AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar. one AN/WSN-2 Gyro Compass; Mine Countermeasure Equipment Suite, one AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System, one AN/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System.

Size	Image Description	Source
57k	c. 1993/94. Ardent (MCM 12), Pioneer (MCM 9), Gladiator, and Warrior (MCM 10) at Peterson Builders.	Bob Daly/PC-1181
53k	6 March 1994. Tied up at the Trident pier, Port Everglades, FL.	OS2 John Bouvia
23k	6 March 1994. Tied up at the Trident pier, Port Everglades, FL.	OS2 John Bouvia
81k	12 September 2005 Ingleside, TX Making preparations for Hurricane Rita	Jack Treutle
203k	23 January 2007 Manama, Bahrain Gladiator an Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship, arrives in Bahrain. The ship was transported from Ingleside, Texas, aboard Condock V, a heavy lift vessel contracted by Military Sealift Command. Gladiator is one of two new Avenger-class minesweepers that will be forward deployed here in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO). U.S. Navy photo 070123-N-6794Z-006	Bill Gonyo
220k	16 April 2007 Arabian Gulf An MH-53E Sea Dragon assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron (HM) 15 participates in a mine sweeping exercise with Gladiator, an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship. U.S. Navy photo 070416-N-6501M-003	Bill Gonyo
153k	27 August 2007 Arabian Gulf Mineman 2nd Class Jonathan W. Chiles points out a simulation mine on sonar to members of the media during a tour aboard Gladiator. Which was participating in mine countermeasure exercises with the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (BHRESG). BHRESG is conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment and complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts in regional nations’ littoral waters. Coalition forces also conduct MSO under international maritime conventions to ensure security and safety in international waters so that commercial shipping and fishing can occur safely in the region. U.S. Navy photo 070827-N-5822P-053	Bill Gonyo

There is no DANFS history available for Gladiator (MCM-11)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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